Community Congrats: January 2023

Recapping the recent achievements of our talented community across our campuses.

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A recap of some of the recent accolades and achievements received by our campus community members.

Congratulations to the following:

Augustana Campus

  • , associate professor — Recipient of the Open Scholarship Awards
  • , professor — Recently named a Diaspora Fellow of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program
  • Jane Yardley, associate professor — Recipient of End Diabetes Awards (funding from Diabetes Canada)

College of Health Sciences

  • , graduate teaching assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • Colin Anderson, professor — Recipient of End Diabetes Awards (funding from Diabetes Canada)
  • Jason Dyck, professor — Recipient of End Diabetes Awards (funding from Diabetes Canada)
  • Dean Eurich, professor — Recipient of End Diabetes Awards (funding from Diabetes Canada)
  • , graduate research assistant fellowship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , communications coordinator — College Sports Communicators 30 Under 30
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • Zac Robinson, associate professor — Alex Trebek Medal for Geographic Literacy/Queen's Jubilee Medal
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • John Ussher, associate professor — Recipient of End Diabetes Awards (funding from Diabetes Canada)
  • , student-athlete — Named to Canadian FISU (Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire) women's hockey team roster
  • , graduate research assistant fellowship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

  • , interim dean — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal
  • Stanford Blade, dean — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal
  • , professor — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal
  • , postdoctoral fellow — Recipient for SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate research assistant fellowship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , graduate research assistant fellowship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , graduate research assistant fellowship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , general office clerk — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • Michael Woodside, associate professor — Selected as the 2023 BSC Fellow by the Biophysical Society of Canada

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

  • , administration — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate research assistant fellowship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Doctoral Program)
  • , graduate teaching assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate research assistant fellowship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • Tim Caulfield, professor — Order of Canada
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , GTA principal instructor — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate research assistant fellowship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements)
  • , graduate teaching assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • George Georgiou, professor — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal 
  • , graduate teaching assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Doctoral Program)
  • , master's student — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements)
  • , master's student — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate teaching assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , graduate teaching assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , graduate research assistant fellowship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , professor — CPA 黑料不打烊 Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Paula Kirman, student — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal 
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • Margaret Law, professor — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal 
  • , PhD student — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , GTA principal instructor — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • Glynnis Lieb, executive director — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  •  — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , PhD student — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Doctoral Program)
  • , GTA principal instructor — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Doctoral Program)
  • Karla Palichuk, lecturer — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal
  • Andrew Parker, graduate student — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal 
  • Carla Peck, professor — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal 
  • , graduate research assistant fellowship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , graduate teaching assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Doctoral Program)
  • Toni Sameck, professor — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal 
  • Alvin Schrader, professor emeritus— Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal 
  • Bridget Stirling, graduate student — Awarded Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal 
  • , professor — Award Recipient for Partnership Engage Grants—Residential Schools Joint Initiative
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Doctoral Program)
  • , graduate teaching assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)

Faculty of Native Studies

  • , graduate research assistantship — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , research assistant — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Doctoral Program)
  • , PhD student — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements)
  • , GTA Principal Instructor — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements)

Multi-disciplinary

  • — Edmonton Journal's Readers' Choice Awards
  •  — Edmonton Journal's Readers' Choice Awards

Office of the Provost and Vice-president (Academic)

  • , digital archivist  — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , international recruitment coordinator (Middle East and Africa) — IC3 counseling-based approach to student recruitment/admissions award
  • , library clerk — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)
  • , administration — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Doctoral Program)
  • , administration — Recipient for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • , library clerk — Recipient for Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s Program)

If you know of a U of A colleague who has recently won an award, or received or any other honours, and you would like to see their achievement celebrated in the next edition of "Community Congrats!" please send their info to .